50 Rides of a Lifetime

We asked readers and staff to name their all-time favorite places to pedal. The result (in no particular order): classic destinations, must-do events, and two-wheeled adventures that should be on every cyclist's bucket list.

1. The Cobbles of Belgium.
Cyclists like to suffer, and the mystical mecca for pain—in the form of jaw-rattling pave—has to be Flanders. Follow the narrow roads of the spring Classics, try to summit one of the countless hellingen (short, sharp climbs) like the fabled, 20-percent Muur van Geraardsbergen, then take solace in the fact that Belgium is also home to 450 kinds of beer.

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3. Slickrock Trail, Moab.

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8. Ride a Bike to Work.
Wakes you up, winds you down, saves the planet.

9. Kyoto, Japan.
Preferably in early April, during cherry-blossom season. Preferably on the same mamachari ("granny bikes") locals use.

10. Switzerland's National Route System.
Take No. 4 for Alpen passes; No. 1 for a mellow Rhone-side pedal all the way to Geneva.

11. The BC Bike Race.
Seven days of racing on Vancouver Island, Sunshine Coast, Squamish, and Whistler singletrack. (Don't want to compete? Cover the same route on a tour with BC Bike Ride.)

12. Bordeaux, France.
Chateaux, Cru, churches.

13. A Charity Ride.
Every cyclist should pedal for a cause at least once.

14. Climb to the top of Cadillac Mountain in Maine's Acadia National Park.

15. Boulder, Colorado.
Take the Peak-to-Peak Highway.

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33. Barrel down singletrack through tunnels of July wildflowers on Trail 401 in Crested Butte, Colorado.

34. New York's Finger Lakes.

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36. West Coast of Tasmania, Australia.
Quiet roads on the island's wildest corner.

37. Ragbrai.

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38. Vietnam's National Highway 1.

39. Ramble the rolling, cypress-covered hills between San Gimignano and Volterra, Italy.

40. Going-To-The-Sun Road, Glacier National Park. There are 25 glaciers left. They might be gone by 2030.